蜡

See also: 蠟

蜡	U+8721, 蜡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8721

← 蜠
[U+8720]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜢 →
[U+8722]

Translingual

Traditional	蠟
Shinjitai (extended)	蝋
Simplified	蜡

Han character

蜡 (radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿日 (LITA), four-corner 5416₁, composition ⿰虫昔)

References

KangXi: page 1086, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33150

Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2859, character 10

Unihan data for U+8721

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 蠟 (“wax; candle; etc.”). (This character, 蜡, is the simplified form of 蠟.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		蜡
alt. forms		䄍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhà, chà (zha⁴, cha⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ, ㄔㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³, caai³, zaa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhà
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
  - Wade–Giles: cha⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chà
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'a⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caa³, caai³, zaa³
  - Yale: cha, chaai, ja
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³, tsaai³, dzaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ca³, cai³, za³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑː³³/, /t͡sʰɑːi̯³³/, /t͡sɑː³³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɨʌ^H/▼

Rime
Character	蜡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七慮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭo^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qù

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜡
Reading #	2/2
No.	13279
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覰
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

蜡

A Zhou dynasty-era type of sacrificial rite.

Compounds

𧈢蜡

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		蜡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qù (qu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ü⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiw
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɨʌ^H/▼

Rime
Character	蜡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七慮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭo^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qù

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜡
Reading #	2/2
No.	13279
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	覰
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

蜡

original character of 蛆 (qū).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 䖳 (“jelly-fish, sea-blubber; looks like grasshopper but smaller”). (This character, 蜡, is a variant form of 䖳.)

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		蜡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jí (ji²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: chih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/

Definitions

蜡

a kind of insect

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

Japanese

Kanji

蜡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しょ (sho), わ (wa), じゃ (ja), せき (seki), しゃく (shaku)

Kun: うじむし (ujimushi)

Korean

Hanja

蜡 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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